Piploda State

Piploda State
Princely State
1547–1948
Piploda State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1901	155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	11,441
History
• Established	1547
• Independence of India	1948
Succeeded by India

Kesri Singh, ruler of Piploda State from 1888 to 1919

Piploda State was a princely state in India at the time of the British Raj. It belonged to the Malwa Agency, part of the Central India Agency. The state had an area of 155 km².

History

Piploda was established in 1547 by Rawat Sawalsinghji, a son of the Rawat of Mandawal, as a feudatory principality of Jaora State. In 1924 Piploda became a separate state. The last ruler acceded to the Government of India on 15 June 1948, and Piploda became part of Ratlam District of Madhya Bharat state.

Rulers

The rulers of Piploda State were Rajputs of the Dodia clan.

Thakurs

• .... - .... Sadal Singh
• 1820 - 18.. Prithvi Singh
• 18.. - 18.. Umed Sigh
• 18.. - 12 Nov 1863 Onkar Singh (d. 1863)

Maharawat

• 30 Nov 1863 – 26 Oct 1888 Dulai Singh (b. 1852 - d. 1888)

Raos

• 8 Nov 1888 - 4 Nov 1919 Kesri Singh (b. 1872 - d. 1919)
• 5 Nov 1919 - 1936 Mangal Singh (b. 1893 - d. 1936)
• 1936 - 15 Jun 1948 Raghuraj Singh

See also

• List of Rajput dynasties and states
• Malwa Agency

External links

• Piploda princely state
• Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 148.